A boon to those who work from home, the SBA Launches First Government-Sponsored Online Community for Small Businesses The SBA’s Business Gateway Program has launched a new Web initiative – http://Community.Business.gov – the first government-sponsored online community built specifically for small businesses. The self-employed and home-based business forum will be of specifal interest to folks [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Crack Down On Scams-Finally!
A couple of days ago I complained that fraud cases weren’t being prosecuted. Well, good news; some are! We talked with Clauida Buck at the famous Sacramento Bee newpaper yesterday about work at home scams, and she pointed us toward the California Attorney General’s website. Seems they’ve clamped down on two related companies — Imergent, [...]
Social Networks and Blogs Beat e-Mail Online
Social networking and blogs are now the fourth most popular online activity, even ahead of e-mail, according to recent Nielsen report. Member communites (social networks and blogs) are growing three times faster than the overall Internet and account for almost 10 percent of all time people spend on the Internet. Two-thirds of the global online [...]
Two Yous
“There’s these two sheep standing in a field, see; and . . .” No this isn’t a joke about two ewes. But it is kinda funny how things change when you work at home. You (not ewe) have a mid-morning video conference call, when thankfully caffeine is just starting to kick in*, but too early [...]
Why Doesn’t Someone Stop the Scams?
Wondering why frauds at public companies aren’t being pursued by the Feds? by Tracy Coenen (used with permission) Consumers are often left wondering why the Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t heavily pursue allegations of fraud against public companies like Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA), Herbalife (NYSE:HLF), and the like. I’ve always said the answer [...]
